Filling out the Consider These Records dialog
Use the Consider These Records dialog to define the subset of records that you want to consider for the alarm definition by specifying filter values that narrow the values and conditions you are monitoring.
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE
View PLEXPROD
Product PLEXMGR
Context SJSC
Parameters
Product(APPLID) = '*'
Area(AREA) = 'P*'
Column Filters
Server(USERID)
Where
Qwhere
Schedule
Evaluate every 60 (multiples of 5) seconds for the following
Every Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun
Start 00:00 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Stop 23:59 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Start _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Stop _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Start _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Stop _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Start _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Stop _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Next to goto next step
CANcel to exit without saving changes
Select to select elements for filters
HELP to goto help
To fill out the Consider These Records dialog
If you want to add additional columns to filter the alarm definition, type Select on the COMMAND line, and press Enter to open the Select Elements for Filters dialog.
Select Elements For Filters
COMMAND ===> SCROLL ===> PAGE
Description Cond Elementname:sumtype Column Visible
------------------------ IWmMC ------------------------ ------ -------
Product ----- APPLID A yes
Area ----- AREA B yes
Number Targets ---MC CONTEXT:count C yes
Number Active ---MC CONTEXT:count D yes
Number NotAct ---MC CONTEXT:count E yes
Description of Product ----- DDESC F yes
Description ----- DESC:minimum G no
Status ---MC STATUS:count H no
System ----- SYSTEM I no
Status ----- STATUS:minimum J no
Status ----- STATUS:count K no
Server ----- USERID L no
System ----- SYSTEM M no
Default View ----- EZMENU N no
End to return to Consider These Records
HELP to goto helpSelect any additional columns you want to include in your alarm definition by entering an S to the left of the element description.
- After you select the elements you want to add, press End to return to the Consider These Records dialog.
Specify the values for the Consider These Records dialog.The following table describes the values you specify for the Consider These Records dialog. Depending on the selected view, you might not have all the items displayed on the Consider These Records dialog.
Value
Description
View
The view name identifies the product view used for the alarm definition. This view is used to create the alarm definition. The view name cannot be changed. The information in the view is incorporated in the alarm definition. After the alarm definition is saved, it can be changed without using the view because a view definition is saved as a subset of the alarm definition.
Product
The product identifies the name of the product associated with the view. The product name cannot be changed.
Context
The context specifies the target or SSI Context for the alarm definition. The initial context is the one being used when MAKEALARM is issued. Summary views can only be used in target mode. Summary views are not allowed in SSI Contexts.
Parameters
The parameters are from the view. Parameters are the column filters in the view. You can change the parameter values in the alarm definition. BMC Software recommends that you specify the parameters you intend to use prior to issuing MAKEALARM. Defining the parameters first ensures that the records displayed in the view are the records you want to consider in the alarm definition.
Column Filters
The column filters show you the filters from the view. Column filters can be added using the Select primary command. They may be deleted by typing a D in the space before the filter and pressing enter. BMC Software recommends that you use view customization to specify the column filters prior to issuing MAKEALARM to ensure that the records displayed in the view are the records you want to consider in the alarm definition.
If you want to remove an item from the Column Filters section, enter a D to the left of the element and press Enter, and the dialog refreshes with the element removed.
Where
The Where clause specifies complex filter conditions that are applied in addition to the column filters. For alarm definitions based on views that are not summarized, there is no difference in the handling of Where and QWhere. The Where statement is the AND of any Where and QWhere. BMC recommends that you have the Where clause in effect before you use MAKEALARM to ensure that the records displayed in the view are the records you want to consider in the alarm definition. For more information on Where statements, see QWHERE-and-WHERE-commands.
QWhere
QWhere is only shown on the dialog if the alarm is based on a summary view. The QWhere clause allows you to specify complex filter conditions that are applied to base records to be summarized. BMC recommends that you have the QWhere clause in effect before you use MAKEALARM to ensure that the records displayed in the view are the records you want to consider in the alarm definition. For more information on QWhere statements, see QWHERE-and-WHERE-commands.
Schedule
The Schedule section allows you to specify two items:
Frequency
The frequency specifies, in seconds, how often the alarm definition is evaluated. The frequency must be a multiple of five seconds and a minimum of five seconds. The frequency is the single most important factor in the amount of CPU used in the evaluation of alarm definitions. A lower number will use more CPU. A higher number will use less CPU. By default, Alarm Management evaluates alarm conditions every 60 seconds.
Periods
The periods specification allows you to specify start and stop times for the alarm evaluation on various days of the week. Up to four periods can be specified. A period can specify start/stop times for every day of the week, or for individual days of the week, but not both. If the start time is later in the day than the stop time, the alarm definition is presumed to span midnight. The period will start on the day specified, and stop at the stop time on the following day.
- After you define the subset of records that you want to consider for your alarm definition, type Next on the COMMAND line, and press Enter to continue to the next step in the MAKEALARM wizard (Filling-out-the-Use-These-Conditions-dialog).
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